Sani Abacha

Understanding the Mindset of a Dictator

Rev. Bekeh Utietiang | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Muammar Gaddafi, Dictatorship, Sani Abacha, World News
Rev. Bekeh Utietiang

Dictators do not see the uprisings against them as a sign that their regimes are unpopular.

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Thugtatorship: The Highest Stage of African Dictatorship

Alemayehu G. Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alemayehu G. Mariam

In a thugtatorship, the purpose of seizing and clinging to political power is solely to accumulate personal wealth for the ruling class by stealing public funds and depriving the broader population scarce resources necessary for basic survival.

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Betraying the Tribe: Michela Wrong and the Foundations of African Corruption

Jake Whitney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michela Wrong, Kenya, Corruption, Kibaki, It's Our Turn to Eat, Githongo, African Leaders, Mobutu Sese Seko, Africa, Frederick Chaluba, Robert Mugabe, Sani Abacha, John Githongo, Idi Amin, World News
Jake Whitney

Wrong's new book, It's Our Turn To Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistleblower, confronts the question of African corruption head on and finds there's plenty of blame to go around.

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